TOPIC NAME&YEA DESCRIPTION EVALUATION REATING What is an Most attitudes are the result of eitherBEHAVIOUR attitude? direct experience or observational learning from the environment DIRECT EXPERIENCE ­ is related to taste, and the physical and psychological consequences of eating certain foods OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING ­ depends on familiarity, parental example, cultural factorsSocial Theory of Theory of Reasoned Action was related to +emphasising on cognition, they provide a framework for designing researchcognition planned voluntary behaviour. Later on behaviour appeared into attitudes to food not to be 100% voluntary and under control, thismodels behaviour resulted in the addition of perceived behavioural +they also provide a useful rationale to base intervention on (Ajzen&Fishb control. With this addition the theory was called the +use of quantitative methods, particularly structured questionnaires based on ein, 1980) theory of planned behaviour (TPB). Core existing models Assumptions and Statements: -however, this means that cognitions are chosen by the researcher (BIAS), so a person's behaviour is determined by his/her important cognitions may have been missed out intention to perform the behaviour -overly simple cognition associated with food (ignore the multiplicity of this intention is, in turn, a function of his/her meanings associated with food) attitude toward the behaviour and his/her -ignore role of emotions subjective norm. -The role others play in food choice is generally more complex than `subjective The best predictor of behaviour is intention. norms' Intention is is determined by three things: 1. their attitude toward the specific behaviour, 2. their subjective norms and 3. their perceived behavioural control. 1

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Role of The developmental approach +exposure to food: Birch&Marlin (1982) introduced 2-year-olds to novel foodlearning and Exposure to food (familiarity) over a 6-week period. One food was presented 20 times, another 10 times,familiarisatio and neophobia another remained new. RESULTS: direct relationship between exposure and foodn Social learning preference.…read more

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Ventro -Gold (1973) found that lesions restricted Medial to the VMH alone did NOT result in Hypothal hyperphagia and only produced overeating amus when they included other areas such as (VMH) as the parvoventricular nucleus! a "satiety +However, subsequent research has failed center" to replicate Gold's findings... Lateral +Cummings et al (2004) monitored PPs' Hypothal ghrelin levels every 5 minutes; PPs had to amus assess their level of hunger every 30 mins.…read more

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